[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barely \bare"ly\, adv.
   1. without covering; nakedly.
      1913 webster

   2. without concealment or disguise.
      1913 webster

   3. merely; only.
      1913 webster

            r. for now his son is duke.
            w. barely in title, not in revenue.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. but just; without any excess; with nothing to spare of
      quantity, time, etc.; hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there
      was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

barely
     adv 1: by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we
            hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had
            scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open";
            "would have scarce arrived before she would have found
            some excuse to leave"- w.b.yeats syn: hardly, just,
             scarcely, scarce
     2: in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room" syn: scantily
see also:
hardly just scarcely scarce scantily 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 moby thesaurus words for "barely":
   a bit, a little, alone, baldly, by a hair, by an ace, closely,
   ever so little, exclusively, exiguously, faintly, feebly, hardly,
   imperfectly, inappreciably, inconsequentially, insignificantly,
   just, just a bit, lightly, little, meagerly, merely, minimally,
   minutely, nakedly, narrowly, nearly, negligibly, not hardly,
   not quite, only, only just, plainly, purely, scantily, scarce,
   scarcely, simply, simply and solely, singly, slightly, solely,
   tant soit peu, triflingly, weakly

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